Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt: Difference between revisions

''Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt'' is the demo version of the Nintendo DS game [[Metroid Prime Hunters]]. Originally released on November 21, 2004, it was bundled with the Nintendo DS console with an ESRB rating of RP. The game has three single player modes, and a Multi-Card Play multiplayer mode, surprisingly without the new DS Download Play. Few aspects of this demo, other than the overall control scheme, are used in the final game.

Regulator is a timed race-to-the-finish type of mode, where Samus must eliminate all the enemies in a room before being able to move on. The area seems to resemble the [[Celestial Archives]] from the completed version of ''Metroid Prime Hunters''. The main enemies are strange, green creatures called Xenomorphs that seem to resemble [[Metroid (species)|Metroids]], but Metroids themselves are also found, along with [[Zoomer|Zoomers]]. At the end of the path, another Samus waits in a circular room, and defeating her results in victory. This simulates the multiplayer mode. Unlike most Metroid games, Samus cannot charge her [[Power Beam]], yet her Missile Launcher can be charged instead, causing them to home in on enemies within a close enough range. Her Power Beam also requires ammunition, which led to the ammo based weapon system used in the final version of ''Hunters''. The conclusion of Regulator mode reveals that this was simply a simulation.

Survivor is a mode where Samus continuously fights an onslaught of the Xenomorphs until she dies. The enemies get progressivly stronger. It closely resembles the stage Harvester in the final version of ''Hunters''. Ammo can be obtained in the side areas, missiles can be obtained in the upper room.

Once each mode is completed successfully, a special movie is unlocked from the title screen by pushing a glowing dot. It shows Samus in a room, with a pirate clinging to the celing. It is destroyed by a shot from behind her, and she turns to see three silhouettes, presumably the Hunters suggested by the game’s title, the one in the center looking misleadingly like [[Dark Samus]]. The music in the video, a remix of the Space Pirate theme from Metroid Prime, also creates the assumption of Space Pirates playing a role in the game, which is false as well.